Missouri Statutes

§ 194.425 — Abandonment of a corpse without notifying authorities, penalty.

Missouri § 194.425

JurisdictionMissouri

Title XIIPUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

Ch. 194Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies

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Bluebook

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 194.425 (2026).

Text

1.A person commits the crime of abandonment of a corpse if that person abandons, disposes, deserts or leaves a corpse without properly reporting the location of the body to the proper law enforcement officials in that county.

2.Abandonment of a corpse is a class E felony.

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Legislative History

(L. 1995 H.B. 160 § 578.157, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17

Nearby Sections

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§ 194.005

Death, legal definition.

§ 194.010

Shipment by common carrier, rules.

§ 194.105

Disinterment for transport to location outside original cemetery — notice, to whom.

§ 194.115

Autopsy — consent required — penalty for violation — availability of report, to whom.

§ 194.117

Sudden infant death — notification — autopsy by certified child death pathologist required, procedure, release to parents or guardian — cost, how paid — department of health and senior services duties — rules and regulations.

§ 194.119

Right of sepulcher, the right to choose and control final disposition of a dead human body.

§ 194.120

Missouri state anatomical board — members — responsibilities.

§ 194.130

Meetings of board — organization — funds.

§ 194.140

Acceptance of provisions of this law — bond — prohibited actions and penalties.

§ 194.150

Disposal of paupers' bodies.

§ 194.160

Distribution of bodies.

§ 194.170

Autopsy not to be held, when.

§ 194.180

Penalty for violation.

§ 194.197

Depth at which body is buried may be regulated.

§ 194.200

Disposition of a stillborn child, definitions, duties of hospital, duties of parents, collection of costs, penalties.

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